Here is the contents of my 1.0 megabyte winsfx.exe file. I used it to run windows on a 386sx-16 with 4MB of ram with no harddrive. I used over two megs for a ramdisk. Still had plenty left. Youll note this includes Winsock,Telnet client,FTP client,POP mail client, IRC client, Program manager, Sound blaster support, Notepad, Tetris, MasterMind, Clock, Several fonts, and a highspeed com driver. This is a piece work of windows 3.0,3.1,3.11:-)
But you forget that evolution is two sided. The weak die (or did) AND the strong conquer. Today strengh is measured in intelligence and the ability to use it for your advancement. Once a person or small group get enough power, they will use it to destroy everyone else (who could possibly hurt them). It IS the logical thing to do.
Be careful when mixing 'the law' and 'morality'. There are thousands of cases when breaking the law is the only moral action allowed. For example, you or your passenger are injured, and you speed to the hospital. And further, if i download music from the internet, im not taking anything. There is no less after, than before i listened to it. The same with code, if i download some code, and study its example, and use it for my own purposes, that in no way leaves the software any different. Human property made some of us slaves, intellectual property will make us all slaves. Nobody owns ideas.
Actually its very easy to prove Intellectual Property is immoral. Suppose You invented a cure for cancer. You decide you can make the most money by selling only 1000 doses to the highest bidders. Though perfectaly cabable of making enough for cheap treatment of everyone. You're arguing that you have the right to refuse to distribute to those poor sick people. You don't have that right. You are obligated morally to help everyone. THEY ARE morally obligated to reimburse you what they can. Now however, if you could NOT supply a cure for everyone , you wouldnt be responsible for the rest. BUT ALL Intellectual Property can be infinitly copied.
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Here is the contents of my 1.0 megabyte winsfx.exe file. I used it to run windows on a 386sx-16 with 4MB of ram with no harddrive. I used over two megs for a ramdisk. Still had plenty left. Youll note this includes Winsock,Telnet client,FTP client,POP mail client, IRC client, Program manager, Sound blaster support, Notepad, Tetris, MasterMind, Clock, Several fonts, and a highspeed com driver. This is a piece work of windows 3.0,3.1,3.11 :-)
HOSTS 99 06-17-98 10:15p HOSTS
PROTOCOL 441 10-07-94 5:25p PROTOCOL
SERVICES 2,665 06-13-95 1:14p SERVICES
WIN BAT 65 06-26-98 6:45p WIN.BAT
BYE CMD 930 05-09-98 8:22p BYE.CMD
LOGIN CMD 3,531 06-26-98 6:55p LOGIN.CMD
COMMAND COM 54,619 05-20-98 7:23p COMMAND.COM
REG DAT 352 06-26-98 6:12p REG.DAT
WINSOCK DLL 159,744 07-24-95 5:09p WINSOCK.DLL
SHELL DLL 40,944 11-01-93 3:11a SHELL.DLL
TOOLHELP DLL 14,128 11-01-93 3:11a TOOLHELP.DLL
CTL3DV2 DLL 27,200 08-09-96 2:30a CTL3DV2.DLL
COMMDLG DLL 97,936 11-01-93 3:11a COMMDLG.DLL
SYSTEM DRV 2,304 11-01-93 3:11a SYSTEM.DRV
TIMER DRV 4,192 05-22-98 11:55p TIMER.DRV
VGA DRV 73,200 11-01-93 3:11a VGA.DRV
LMOUSE DRV 12,928 11-01-93 3:11a LMOUSE.DRV
SB20SND DRV 16,176 02-16-93 12:38p SB20SND.DRV
SBFM DRV 12,752 05-19-92 2:10p SBFM.DRV
SOUND DRV 3,440 11-01-93 3:11a SOUND.DRV
TWCOMM DRV 11,760 09-16-94 12:16p TWCOMM.DRV
KEYBOARD DRV 7,568 11-01-93 3:11a KEYBOARD.DRV
NOTEPAD EXE 31,936 05-01-90 3:00a NOTEPAD.EXE
TELNET EXE 57,216 03-31-98 6:54p TELNET.EXE
TCPMAN EXE 144,384 07-24-95 5:09p TCPMAN.EXE
TASKMAN EXE 3,744 05-22-98 9:46p TASKMAN.EXE
WINIRC EXE 96,768 03-16-95 9:01p WINIRC.EXE
FTP EXE 53,248 06-30-95 2:24a FTP.EXE
CLOCK EXE 16,416 05-22-98 9:45p CLOCK.EXE
TETRIS EXE 40,000 06-22-98 12:58a TETRIS.EXE
PROGMAN EXE 115,312 11-01-93 3:11a PROGMAN.EXE
DOSX EXE 32,682 11-01-93 3:11a DOSX.EXE
GDI EXE 220,800 11-01-93 3:11a GDI.EXE
KRNL386 EXE 76,400 11-01-93 3:11a KRNL386.EXE
USER EXE 264,096 01-07-98 8:51p USER.EXE
MRMIND EXE 20,464 06-22-98 1:08a MRMIND.EXE
LABPOP EXE 298,128 02-09-96 9:45a LABPOP.EXE
SERIFE FON 57,936 11-01-93 3:11a SERIFE.FON
SSERIFE FON 64,544 11-01-93 3:11a SSERIFE.FON
VGAFIX FON 5,360 11-01-93 3:11a VGAFIX.FON
VGAOEM FON 5,168 11-01-93 3:11a VGAOEM.FON
VGASYS FON 7,280 11-01-93 3:11a VGASYS.FON
COUR FOT 1,318 04-04-98 2:04a COUR.FOT
MAIN GRP 6,973 06-26-98 7:12p MAIN.GRP
SYSTEM INI 1,143 06-26-98 6:25p SYSTEM.INI
WINIRC INI 157 06-26-98 7:01p WINIRC.INI
CLOCK INI 90 06-26-98 6:38p CLOCK.INI
WIN INI 3,861 06-26-98 6:37p WIN.INI
TRUMPWSK INI 1,066 06-26-98 7:02p TRUMPWSK.INI
PROGMAN INI 122 06-26-98 7:12p PROGMAN.INI
But you forget that evolution is two sided. The weak die (or did) AND the strong conquer. Today strengh is measured in intelligence and the ability to use it for your advancement. Once a person or small group get enough power, they will use it to destroy everyone else (who could possibly hurt them). It IS the logical thing to do.
Be careful when mixing 'the law' and 'morality'. There are thousands of cases when breaking the law is the only moral action allowed. For example, you or your passenger are injured, and you speed to the hospital. And further, if i download music from the internet, im not taking anything. There is no less after, than before i listened to it. The same with code, if i download some code, and study its example, and use it for my own purposes, that in no way leaves the software any different. Human property made some of us slaves, intellectual property will make us all slaves. Nobody owns ideas.
Actually its very easy to prove Intellectual Property is immoral. Suppose You invented a cure for cancer. You decide you can make the most money by selling only 1000 doses to the highest bidders. Though perfectaly cabable of making enough for cheap treatment of everyone. You're arguing that you have the right to refuse to distribute to those poor sick people. You don't have that right. You are obligated morally to help everyone. THEY ARE morally obligated to reimburse you what they can. Now however, if you could NOT supply a cure for everyone , you wouldnt be responsible for the rest. BUT ALL Intellectual Property can be infinitly copied.